‘Birds of Prey’ Casts Two People in Harley Quinn’s Girl Gang

If you used to be a comic book book reader from the mid-90s (or perhaps an obsessive viewer of The WB Network in 2002) you’re very acquainted with?Birds of Prey, a Batman spinoff series featuring an all-female cast of superheroes. The core group during the comics, made by DC Comics editor Jordan Gorfinkel and writer Chuck Dixon, were Black Canary, Huntress, and Barbara Gordon – most commonly known as Batgirl, though when the series started she was paralyzed and?went by the?hacker codename Oracle. The series was essentially the most popular inclusions in the DC canon during the 1990s, and this eventually got that short-lived WB show.

UPDATE😕That takes us to today, plus the film version being put together by Warner Bros. for Margot Robbie and her Harley Quinn character first introduced in?Suicide Squad.?According to?The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has carried out two more persons in Harley Quinn’s gang.?10 Cloverfield Lane‘s Mary Elizabeth Winstead may be cast as being the Huntress, and Black Canary, a character who has traditionally been depicted as white from the comics, will likely be played by Jurnee Smollett-Bell (WGN’s?Underground).

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The Hollywood Reporter?says Warners is closing in on his or her casting through out the leading Birds of Prey roster. Interestingly, it appears like they’re centered on people of color for that Black Canary role:

Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who starred in?Belle?and appeared in Ava DuVernay’s?A Wrinkle at some point, and Jurnee Smolett-Bell, who appeared about the critically acclaimed WGN series?Underground?and recently booked a lead in?HBO’s?Lovecraft Country, come in the combination for Black Canary.?Hidden Figures?star Janelle Monae was supposedly inside running, it really is unclear if she tested to your role -?With the role of Huntress, Margaret Qualley (The Leftovers), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (10 Cloverfield Lane,?Fargo) and Cristin Milioti (Black Mirror,?How I Met Your Mother) have tested or read, sources say.

That’s quite a intriguing variety of talent; I enjoy Mbatha-Raw specifically as well as idea of her opposite Robbie inside of a superhero action movie sounds mighty appealing.?Birds of Prey?is required to start shooting in?early 2019 and hits theaters February 7, 2020.

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